Ossining Cops: 20 Bags of Pot; Knife Menacer

20 Bags of Marijuana

An Ossining man was stopped on Spring Street and found to have an active warrant out of NYC for his arrest there and a bunch of marijuana in his possession, police said. 

The Charter Circle resident, age 23, was stopped on South Highland Avenue Oct. 9 at 12:05 a.m. 

Ossining police discovered he was wanted in NYC for failure to appear in court on a charge of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. 

When Ossining police stopped him they found him to be in possession of 20 bags of marijuana and charged him with a misdemeanor level criminal possession of marijuana, police said.

Knife Threat

A Beacon man was charged with menacing after witnesses say he was wielding a knife in a fight on State Street. 

Police responded to a call for a fight happening on Oct. 13 at 1:30 a.m. There witnesses told officials that one man had been threatening another with a knife.

However, Lt. William Sullivan said police hadn't retrieved any weapon. 

Police charged the man, aged 43, with menacing in the second, a misdemeanor.

Note: An arrest does not indicate a conviction.